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Nirmala Sitharaman tests positive for COVID-19; casts her vote for Presidential election in PPE kit

Official sources said she contracted COVID-19 during her Indonesia visit

The Hindu

Indonesia urges tech platforms to sign up to new licensing rules or risk being blocked

JAKARTA: Indonesia urged tech companies on Monday to register under new licensing rules, or run the risk of having their platforms blocked, with data showing many big tech firms such as Google and Meta had yet to comply days out from July 20 deadline.

Bangkok Post

Surabaya’s antidote to the rise of concrete jungles

The Indonesian city of Surabaya put in public parks where others put in buildings. It is now reaping the creative, economic and cooling benefits.

360info

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G20 Chair Indonesia Says 'Many' Nations Condemned Russia at Talks

Many nations in the Group of 20 major economies condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine and called for it to end the war during ministerial talks in Indonesia, the host said in its closing statement early Sunday. A two-day gathering of finance ministers and central bank governors on the resort island…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Zelensky sacks Ukraine’s top prosecutor, security chief

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday sacked his chief prosecutor and the head of the country’s security agency in the largest government shakeup since the start of Russia’s invasion nearly five months ago. The move came as a Ukrainian military official warned that Russia is preparing for the next stage…

France 24

Indonesia scraps palm oil export levy

NUSA DUA, Indonesia: Indonesia has scrapped its export levy for all palm oil products until Aug 31 in a fresh attempt to boost exports and ease high inventories, finance ministry officials said on Saturday, adding the move would not disrupt government revenues.

Bangkok Post

Few policy breakthroughs at G20 meeting amid divisions over war in Ukraine

Finance chiefs from the Group of 20 major economies have pledged to address global food insecurity and rising debt at a two-day meeting in Indonesia, but made few policy breakthroughs amid divisions over Russia's war in Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

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Indonesia removes palm oil export levy until Aug. 31

Indonesia has scrapped its export levy for all palm oil products until Aug. 31 in a fresh attempt to boost exports and ease high inventories, finance ministry officials said on Saturday, adding the move would not disrupt government revenues.

Reuters

Nine shot dead in Papua's highlands after Indonesia moves to 'divide and rule' region

Police say the attack in Indonesia's easternmost region was carried out by armed separatists and comes after protests about a new law that will see Papua divided into five provinces.

ABC News

G20 finance meetings in Bali overshadowed by war in Ukraine

Financial leaders of the Group of 20 richest and biggest economies have wrapped up meetings on the Indonesian resort island of Bali without a final joint communique

The Independent UK

Nine shot dead in Indonesia's restive Papua, say police

Nine people were shot dead in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua in an attack believed to be perpetrated by armed separatists, police said on Saturday.

Reuters

Yellen says she had 'productive' meetings on Russian oil price cap

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Saturday she had productive meetings about a proposed price cap on Russian oil with a host of countries on the sidelines of a meeting of the finance chiefs of the Group of 20 major economies.

Reuters

Indonesia calls for G20 joint ministerial forum to tackle food crisis

Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati on Friday called for a joint forum involving G20 finance and agriculture ministries to come up with concrete action to tackle growing food insecurity and a looming fertilizer supply crisis.

Reuters

G20 called on to address short-term food insecurity crisis

NUSA DUA, Indonesia: United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday urged Group of 20 (G20) major economies to take urgent action to address a short-term food insecurity crisis exacerbated by Russia's war in Ukraine and avoid market-distorting export restrictions and stockpiling.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

G20 Finance Chiefs Meet as Indonesia Warns of Energy, Food Catastrophe

Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs from top economies met in Indonesia Friday for talks on the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with the host warning them failure to tackle energy and food crises would be catastrophic. The two-day meeting on the resort island of Bali…

The Independent UK

G20 finance leaders in Bali to tackle Ukraine, inflation

Top financial officials from the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations are meeting on the Indonesian island of Bali seeking strategies to counter the repercussions from the war in Ukraine, inflation and other global crises

France 24

British man dies in detention after being captured by pro-Russian forces in Ukraine

Moscow-backed separatists confirmed that British man Paul Urey died in detention on July 10 after being captured by pro-Russian forces in Donetsk. The EU, meanwhile, proposed to “slap a sanctions regime on gold” from Russia, the deputy head of the European Commission said on Friday, in what would be the…

The Guardian - AU

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Al Jazeera

G20 finance leaders meet in Bali as Ukraine, inflation top agenda

Host Indonesia hopes meeting can serve as forum for dialogue between Russia and Ukraine.

The Conversation

Indonesia’s palm oil policy at a crossroads: why government interventions are ineffective

Indonesia has made several policy interventions to stabilise the price of cooking oil and address the causes of a gap in supply and demand of crude palm oil (CPO).

Bangkok Post

Dechapol, Sapsiree sail through to last 8 stage

Mixed doubles stars Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai and women's singles hope Pornpawee Chochuwong booked their berths in the quarter-finals of the US$370,000 BWF Singapore Open on Thursday.

Reuters

G20 talks overshadowed by Ukraine war as host Indonesia seeks consensus

G20 finance leaders meeting in Bali must make progress tackling the global economic threats sparked by Russia's war in Ukraine or the humanitarian consequences would be catastrophic, host Indonesia said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

BSA helpline to fight unlicensed software

Leading global software trade group BSA has launched helplines in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines to help businesses in the engineering, infrastructure and construction industries cope with challenges related to software copyright compliance.

Daily Record

Cannibal tribe strike terror by eating its foes' flesh and using human skulls as pillows

The Asmat tribe populates over 100 villages and consists of 12 different sub-ethnic groups in the unexplored jungles of New Guinea in Indonesia. Until relatively recently, they practiced headhunting and ate the flesh of their enemies.

Bangkok Post

Strategists favour Singapore, dividend stocks in hawkish Asia

Surprise policy tightening moves announced by central banks in Singapore and the Philippines signal Asia is now fully awake to the threat of accelerating inflation and is playing catch up with its global peers.

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